Combined shade and awning structure for automobile doors



Feb. 24, 1931. J, 5, BARGANIER -1,793,731

COMBINED SHADE AND AWNING STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS Original Filed Oct. 8, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l A? Inventor cidya/w 2 r I Feb. 24, 1931. s. BARGANIER 1,793,731

COMBINED SHADE AND AWNING STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS Original Fi led Oct. 8, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 o a o rf d v 2? iwn'vemvr r J15? far d/f/Ef' Attornqy 1931- J. 5. BARGANIEIR 1, 93,731

COMBINED SHADE AND AWNING STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE DOORS Original Filed Oct! 8, 192a s'sneets-sfieet :5

Inventor Bjwaarizm Patented Feb. 24, 1931 JAMES S. BARGANIER, OF LOTT, TEXAS Wm 13 i COMBINED SHADE AND AWNING Application filed This invention relates to no and useful improvements in shades and awnings, and aims to provide a combined structure specifically adaptable for incorporation into the doors of automobile bodies of the closed variot-y, and obviously by its nature will provide either a shade for the door or an awning which ever is desired.

in important object of this invention resides in the provision of a structure of this character that may be built into the door of a closed automobile body without materially adding to the cost of construction thereof, this added cost being ofiset by the practicability and serviceability of the structure.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter to be more fully described.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a fragmentary outer side elevation of one of the doors of a closed body equipped with my improved combined shade and awning.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the inner side of the door.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section through the door window frame and through my improved construction, the shade being illustrated as extended outwardly to provide an awning.

Figure l is a detail transverse section through the door and my invention taken substantially upon the line 4l of Figure 1, and looking downwardly in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view partially in elevation and partially in cross section through the upper portion of the frame, and through my improved mechanism.

Figure 6 is a detail transverse section through one side of the window frame and certain elements of my improved structure for disclosing the latch means whereby the awning frame bars are retained in closed vertical position.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary section through AUTOMOBILE DOORS october 8, 1928, Serial N0. 311,170. Renewed. December 8, 1930.

one of these frame bars and the adjacent ends of the shade filler strip constructed with complem-ental means whereby to retain the shade in predetermined extended position.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary outer side eleration of a portion of my improved structure disclosing the swinging connection between the upper ends of the awning frame bars and the window frame structure, and

' 1 c 9 is a detail transverse section therel 11 substantially upon the line ire 8 and looking downwardly in .on of the arrow. I

Now having particular reference to the drawing, A designates gene ally a swinging door of closed type of automobile body, the up "ion of which is provided with the usual window opening B. in the present instance a frame 5 of wood or other suitable material is rigidly arranged within this window opening B, while arranged longitudinally within the upper end thereof is a shade roller housing '3, the bottom of which the er side of the frame is provided longiuially with a slot 7 to permit the flexible .de 8 to be drawn into and out of saio housll ithin the opposite ends of this hous- 7 .re suitable st e roller pintle supports 9 for detachably supporting the end pino'enersiiy conventional spring shade r 10 which in the present instance is unequipped with any dog and ratchet mechanism to prevent'the rewindingof thespring. @bviously therefore, the structure of the roller is such as to continuously maint the shade strip 8 in wound condition thereon. As more clearly illustrated in Figure 5 the inner wall of the said roller housing 6 is removable to permit access to the interior of the housing for the removal of the roller or for any purpose whatever. ithin the inner side of the frame between he lower sill thereof and the said housing *3 and against the opposite sides of the window frame are vertical stop bars 1111.

Pivoted at their upper ends to the opposite sides of the frame 5 and directly'beneath the housing 6-6 are awn ng frame bars 1212 of a length less than the length of the stop bars 11-11, while rigidly secured to the frame 5 directly at the lower ends of these swinging bars 1212 are frame bar extensions 1313 cooperating with the said swinging bars 1:212 to provide frame bars for the awning and shade st *ip 8 when the swinging bars are in closed vertical position as it lustrated in Figure 1.

Incorporated into opposite sides of the frame structure 5 directly above the frame bar extensions 13-1 are spring latches 1 k- 14: constructed to cooperate with note ies 15 at the inner faces of the frame bars 12 when the same are lowered to lock these bars in closed vertical position with respect to the frame. he inner faces of the awning frame bars 1212 as well as their extensions 13 are provided with longitudinal slots 12 and 13 respectively, the inner walls of which are provided with ratchet teeth 16. The free end of the shade and curtain strip 8 is provided with a filler strip 17, the ends of which project beyond the edges of the strip 8 for engagement within the channeis of the frame bars and their extensions. Preferably these channels and. projecting ends of the iiller strip are of interlocking construction so that lateral movement of the f ller strips with respect to the frame bars and their extensions will not take place.

At opposite ends of this filler strip the same is provided with outwardly projected spring pressed pins 18 for engagement with the ratchet teeth 16 to limit the return movement of the curtain and awning strip under action of the spring roller 10. However, these pins are provided with forwardly extending release pins 19 movable through slots in the roller strip and projecting toward the interior of the automobile so that these lockin pins 18 may be released to permit the winding of the shade strip upon its roller.

The pivotal connection between the upper end of each awning frame 4 and the vertical members of the window frame 5 consist of an outwardly extending pintle 20 formed or as sociated with the upper end of each frame bar. This pintle 20 extends through a circular opening in the adjacent portion of the frame 5 and attached thereto at its outer end is a disk 21 rotatably arranged within a circular depression 22 in the outer side of the frame member, as clearly illustrated in Figures 8 and 9. The periphery of said disc 21 is provided with three spaced notches 23 for receiving a pivotal latch bolt 2% pivoted within a. slot in the frame member and projecting toward the inside of the frame 5 so as to be accessible directly beneath the spring roller housing 6. Obviously, after the awning frame bars are released they may be swung outwardly and maintained in one of three predetermined positions by the manual engagement of the locking members 2 within the notches 23 of said pivot discs 21.

In view of the foregoing description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent that I have provided a highly novel, simple and practical combined shade and awning construction for automobile doors, even though I have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of certain detail structural elements, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A shade of the character described comprising a pair of supporting members, a shade including a rigid frame, lateral pins on the said frame for pivotally connecting the frame to the supporting members, a plate on one of the said pins, said plate being provided with peripheral notches, one of said supporting inen'ibers being provided with a pocket for receiving the plate, said supporting members being provided with a transversely extending notch meeting the said pocket, and a pawl pivotally mounted within the last mentioned notch for engagement in the notches of the plate to retain the awning in a predetermined adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES S. BARGANIER. 

